### 1. Download Prometheus

[Download the latest release](https://prometheus.io/download) of Prometheus for your platform, then extract it

```sh
tar xvfz prometheus-*.tar.gz
cd prometheus-*
```

Prometheus server is a single binary called `prometheus` (or `prometheus.exe` on Microsoft Windows). Run the binary and pass `--help` flag to see available options

```sh
./prometheus --help

	globalCompressConfigMu sync.Mutex
	globalCompressConfig   compress.Config

	// Some standard object extensions which we strictly dis-allow for compression.
	standardExcludeCompressExtensions = []string{".gz", ".bz2", ".rar", ".zip", ".7z", ".xz", ".mp4", ".mkv", ".mov", ".jpg", ".png", ".gif"}

	// Some standard content-types which we strictly dis-allow for compression.

	if !w.opts.Compress {
		return nil
	}

	oldLgFile := w.f.Name()
	r, err := os.Open(oldLgFile)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer r.Close()

	gw, err := os.Create(oldLgFile + ".gz")
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer gw.Close()

	var wc io.WriteCloser
	wc = gzip.NewWriter(gw)
	if _, err = io.Copy(wc, r); err != nil {
		return err
	}